Diaries relating to Morrice's service in the Sudan Irrigation Department (1936-1939, 1950-1954), and in the Royal Engineers and Sudan Defence Force (1940-1944), with trek notes, Sudan (1946-1948), and diaries of trips to India, USA, Africa, etc. (1950-1959).
Dates
- 1936-1959
Extent
15 Volumes
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
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MSS.Afr.s.1457
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 3372
Biographical / Historical
Humphrey Alan W. Morrice (1906-1959), CMG, was educated at Wellington College, and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He was on military service during 1940 to 1944, serving with the Royal Engineers and Sudan Defence Force.
In 1934 Morrice joined the Sudan government service where he later held the posts of Assistant Director of Irrigation (1951), Irrigation Advisor and Director of Irrigation (1953), and Adviser on Drainage and Irrigation to the Colonial Office (1958). Compiled with reference to A Biographical Dictionary of the British Colonial Service 1939-1966 by A.H.M. Kirk-Greene (1991).
In 1934 Morrice joined the Sudan government service where he later held the posts of Assistant Director of Irrigation (1951), Irrigation Advisor and Director of Irrigation (1953), and Adviser on Drainage and Irrigation to the Colonial Office (1958). Compiled with reference to A Biographical Dictionary of the British Colonial Service 1939-1966 by A.H.M. Kirk-Greene (1991).
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Listed as no. 1059 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Listed as no. 1059 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
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- 20th century
- Africa -- Description and travel
- Civil service
- Diaries
- Drainage
- India -- Description and travel
- Irrigation
- Morrice | Humphrey Alan W | 1906-1959 | civil servant in Sudan
- Sudan -- Description and travel
- United States -- Description and travel
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Sudan -- Personal narratives, British
- Title
- Diaries of Humphrey Alan W. Morrice
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Marion Lowman
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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